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Old 09-11-2008, 03:23 PM   #51 (permalink)
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I don't think many romanticize it, or that many even see it as a "patriotic rallying point". I do think that most view it as a remembrance of those who lost their lives. Period.
But people die every day. 45 murders a day in the US, which means an average of over 100,000 murders since 9/11. The fact that these people don't get a remembrance and those that died on 9/11 do means that 9/11 was significant. I don't see it as significant. It could have been, but it's not.
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